37 episodes
The Civic Hacker Podcast Lori McNeill, Founder | Civic Hacker Network
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Problems have solutions. We're here to learn about them from regular people creating change in their communities using data and technology. Each season of the Civic Hacker Podcast includes audio from the Civic Hacker Summit and news from the Civic Hacker Network.
The Civic Hacker Podcast © 2023 by Lori McNeill is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Impact and Inclusion in Singapore
BONUS EPISODE! Guest host Charlene Phua introduces BetterSG, a tech for good community in Singapore aiming to bridge the digital divide in nonprofits and charities by helping them leverage tech solutions. With over 2,000 volunteers, BetterSG focuses on skill-based volunteering. Initiatives include the To Be You project, an award-winning interactive storytelling game, that aims to foster empathy and understanding.
LINKS:
BetterSG - https://better.sg/
To Be You Game - https://tobeyou.sg/
Civic Hacker Network - https://civic-hackers.org
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Peace Building In the Digital Age
Caleb is an explorer of digital spaces and has researched and applied various technologies to address election violence, good governance, extremism and conflict mitigation. Being from Kenya, he has worked with different peace actors across Africa to respond to violent conflict applying digital tools. He has skills in social media monitoring, data, network and narrative analysis and community building. At Build Up, Caleb supports digital conflict programs, social media analysis and depolarization projects. He is also a faculty member at the United Nations Systems Staff college where he teaches a course on data analytics for sustaining peace. He also dedicates time to support community based organizations to develop infographics and data visualizations on development issues.
Links to info and resources:
- How To Build Up Website: https://howtobuildup.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtobuildup/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/howtobuildpeace
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VgEt3Na1zZDJo-PBa86Rg
- How To Build Up's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/how-to-build-up/
- Original Civic Hacker Summit Session recording (access for paid members): https://civichackersummit.com/schedule/caleb-gichuhi-2022-summit/
- Civic HackHER Initiative: https://civic-hackers.org/civichackher
- Support the Civic Hacker Podcast! Donate at https://civic-hackers.org/nonprofit
- Come to a Monthly Meetup – https://civic-hackers.org/meetup
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Making a Difference Through Peace Work
David Corliss is the founder and Director of Peace-Work, an all-volunteer cooperative of statisticians and data scientists applying statistical methods to issue-driven advocacy in poverty, education, social justice, and providing analytic support for charitable groups. In his interview, David describes how Peace-work was born and then delves into the data protocol he developed for those in the human trafficking space, and discusses the impact that data analysis had on public policy during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Links to info and resources:
- Peace-Work Website: https://www.peace-work.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/521459088243115/
- Peace-Work's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peacework/
- Original Civic Hacker Summit Session recording (access for paid members): https://civichackersummit.com/schedule/david-corliss-2022-summit/
- Civic HackHER Initiative: https://civic-hackers.org/civichackher
- Support the Civic Hacker Podcast! Donate at https://civic-hackers.org/nonprofit
- Come to a Monthly Meetup – https://civic-hackers.org/meetup
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Co-Creating Innovative Wealth-Building Ecosystems in HUD Communities
Melvin Anderson is the developer of a comprehensive SaaS/cloud based platform called ExploreSkillz that offers next generation career discovery apps and solutions. In his interview, Melvin explains ExploreSkillz's unique process of showing children a wide variety of career possibilities unknown to them, helping them develop and follow their individual passions in areas like movies, sports, influencers or brands. ExploreSkillz focuses primarily on helping children in HUD communities and donates their funds back to these communities to continue supporting economic projects.
Links to info and resources:
- ExploreSkillz Website: https://www.exploreskillz.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/exploreskillz
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exploreskillz/?__coig_restricted=1
- Melvin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melvin-anderson-ese/
- Original Civic Hacker Summit Session recording (access for paid members): https://civichackersummit.com/schedule/melvin-anderson-2022-summit/
- Civic HackHER Initiative: https://civic-hackers.org/civichackher
- Support the Civic Hacker Podcast! Donate at https://civic-hackers.org/nonprofit
- Come to a Monthly Meetup – https://civic-hackers.org/meetup
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Creating Equity in Academia Through Open Scholarship
Flavio Azevedo covers many important topics, including open science vs. open scholarship, DEIA in academic research, the social justice lens on changing the norms and structures in science and science training, and what advocates and activists can bring into their practice from this work.
Links to info and resources:
- FORRT Website: https://forrt.org/
- Flavio's Website: flavioazevedo.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/FORRTproject
- Flavio's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flavio-azevedo-571a371aa/
- Original Civic Hacker Summit Session recording (access for paid members): https://civichackersummit.com/schedule/flavio-azevedo-2022-summit/
- Civic HackHER Initiative: https://civic-hackers.org/civichackher
- Support the Civic Hacker Podcast! Donate at https://civic-hackers.org/nonprofit
- Come to a Monthly Meetup – https://civic-hackers.org/meetup
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Helping Local Governments Fund Community Priorities
Chris Fabian is the CEO and Co-founder of Resource Exploration. During his session, Chris speaks about personal experiences and how data can be used to help governments take informed actions to reduce harms that can result from budget decisions and prepare for future recession.
Learn more on our website HERE.
Links to info and resources:
- ResourceX Website: https://www.resourcex.net/
- Chris' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisfabian/
- Original Civic Hacker Summit Session recording (access for paid members): https://civichackersummit.com/schedule/chris-fabian-2022-summit/
- Civic HackHER Initiative: https://civic-hackers.org/civichackher
- Support the Civic Hacker Podcast! Donate at https://opencollective.com/civichackers
- Come to a Monthly Meetup – https://civic-hackers.org/sign-up-for-monthly-virtual-meetups/
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